Lighting is a key element of film that can influence emotions and perceptions. There are two main types: high key lighting reduces shadows for a brighter look often used in comedies, while low key lighting uses mainly one light source and shadows to create a sense of alienation as seen in film noir. For the film Awestruck, the director used high key lighting outdoors with sunlight and low key lighting indoors at night to establish realistic settings that fit the scenes.

1. Lighting Plan - AWESTRUCK
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One of the elements of the mise-en-scene that has the greatest influence on a film is lighting. It
has the power to evoke emotions in the film. It can also be used to manipulate the viewer’s
attitude towards a setting or a character. The way light is used can make people look beautiful
or ugly, soft or harsh, and artificial or real.
There are two types of lighting.
HIGH KEY LIGHTING
High-key lighting is a style of lighting for film, television, or photography that aims to reduce the
lighting ratio present in the scene. It is often used in sitcoms and comedies. High-key lighting is
usually quite homogeneous and its use in free from dark shadows. High-key lighting found its
use in classical Hollywood cinema because it was well suited for three-point lighting and other
filmmaking traditions. It is an overall lighting design which uses the fill light and backlight to
create low contrast between brighter and darker areas. It can be used for both daylight and
night scenes.
LOW KEY LIGHTING
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commonly used in film noir and horror genre.
LIGHTING USED IN ROMANTIC COMEDIES
In romantic movies all sorts of lighting is used. But, mostly high key lighting in romantic comedy
films to be precise as such movies have a joyous vibe attached to them along with a fun filled
story line. Also, High key lighting makes the image to be seen more clearly causing the audience
to easily distinguish the characters expressions.
LIGHTING USED IN MY FILM - AWESTRUCK
I have used both high key lighting and low key lighting. For the scenes shot outdoors I've used
high key lighting; sun being the major source of light since it was daytime when I was shooting

2. those scenes. It was purposefully done under daytime as sunlight provides a more realistic look
to the footage and also, adds a fresh vibe to it. For indoor scenes I have used low key lighting to
show dim light scenario when Sean and Nick are sleeping in their room bevause obviously
nobody sleeps with the lights on.